SOLARIS
ID#
34

SOLARIS
ID#
34

PRIVATE USE ONLY
PRIVATE USE ONLY
Estimated Value
$600,000,000
Estimated Value
$600,000,000
Main Specs
Length
139.7
m
/
458.4
ft
Beam
21.35
m
/
70
ft
Volume
11,247
GT
Categories
Build type
1-of-1 Custom build
Vessel type
Expedition/explorer yacht
Ice-class
Yacht
Mega yacht
Amenities
Elevator
Swim platform
Tender garage
Spa
Sauna/Steam room/Hammam
Massage room
Gym
Swimming pool
Jacuzzi
Helipad
Helicopter hangar
Submarine
Design
Exterior
Marc Newson
Main Color
WHITE
GREY
Interior
Marc Newson
Build
Shipyard
Llyod Werft
Year
2021
Hull type
Mono-Hull
Full displacement
Hull material
Steel
Superstructure material
Aluminum
Last Refit
2025
Show more about refit(s)
Main Specs
Length
139.7
m
/
458.4
ft
Beam
21.35
m
/
70
ft
Volume
11,247
GT
Design
Exterior
Marc Newson
Main Color
WHITE
GREY
Interior
Marc Newson
Categories
Build type
1-of-1 Custom build
Vessel type
Expedition/explorer yacht
Ice-class
Yacht
Mega yacht
Build
Shipyard
Llyod Werft
Year
2021
Hull type
Mono-Hull
Full displacement
Hull material
Steel
Superstructure material
Aluminum
Last Refit
2025
Show more about refit(s)
Amenities
Elevator
Swim platform
Tender garage
Spa
Sauna/Steam room/Hammam
Massage room
Gym
Swimming pool
Jacuzzi
Helipad
Helicopter hangar
Submarine
Exterior Design
Exterior Design
Interior Design
Likely to remain private indefinitely.
Interior Design
Likely to remain private indefinitely.
Some images displayed on this website are AI-generated illustrations used for visual representation purposes only. Not real pictures, unless explicitly stated otherwise. The appearance of the actual yacht may differ from those shown in the illustrations.
Some images displayed on this website are AI-generated illustrations used for visual representation purposes only. Not real pictures, unless explicitly stated otherwise. The appearance of the actual yacht may differ from those shown in the illustrations.
Guests
36
Cabins
18
Crew
60
Guests
36
Cabins
18
Crew
60
Propulsion
Type
Diesel
Motor yacht
Hybrid
Diesel-electric
Horse Power
15,700
HP
Engines info
Range/Speed
Cruising
15
kn
Max
18
kn
Range
Propulsion
Type
Diesel
Motor yacht
Hybrid
Diesel-electric
Horse Power
15,700
HP
Engines info
Range/Speed
Cruising
15
kn
Max
18
kn
Range
Rumored Owner
Roman Abramovich
Nationality
Russian 🇷🇺
Estimated net worth
$9B
See ownership history
Rumored Owner
Roman Abramovich
Nationality
Russian 🇷🇺
Estimated net worth
$9B
See ownership history
Fun facts
🎨 THE DESIGN:
“Solaris” is not just huge, she was a high-tech trendsetter in yacht design.
The exterior styling comes from Marc Newson, the Australian industrial designer known for co-designing the Apple Watch, who’s now a world-renown superyacht designer.
Newson gave “Solaris” a futuristic yet minimalist profile, including a signature sweeping arch across its superstructure and clean, sculpted lines that set it apart from more traditional yachts.
🎨 THE DESIGN:
“Solaris” is not just huge, she was a high-tech trendsetter in yacht design.
The exterior styling comes from Marc Newson, the Australian industrial designer known for co-designing the Apple Watch, who’s now a world-renown superyacht designer.
Newson gave “Solaris” a futuristic yet minimalist profile, including a signature sweeping arch across its superstructure and clean, sculpted lines that set it apart from more traditional yachts.
💪🏽 THE PROPULSION:
“Solaris” employs a state-of-the-art Diesel-Electric power architecture.
The system draws its massive electrical energy from:
• 6x MTU 16V 4000 M23S engines
• 1x MTU 12V 4000 M23S engine
This configuration generates a combined mechanical output of 11,702 kW (15,690 HP).
The vessel is also equipped with two revolutionary ABB Azipod CO1400L units, each supplying 4,500 kW of power. This combination makes it the most powerful Azipod propulsion system ever installed on a private yacht.
The Azipod system itself is a specialized technology where the electric drive motor is contained within a rotatable pod mounted outside the ship’s hull. These units can rotate a full 360 degrees, providing vectored thrust in any direction. For a vessel of this size, this technology delivers superior maneuverability, eliminating the need for traditional rudders and significantly reducing reliance on bow thrusters during complex docking procedures.
💪🏽 THE PROPULSION:
“Solaris” employs a state-of-the-art Diesel-Electric power architecture.
The system draws its massive electrical energy from:
• 6x MTU 16V 4000 M23S engines
• 1x MTU 12V 4000 M23S engine
This configuration generates a combined mechanical output of 11,702 kW (15,690 HP).
The vessel is also equipped with two revolutionary ABB Azipod CO1400L units, each supplying 4,500 kW of power. This combination makes it the most powerful Azipod propulsion system ever installed on a private yacht.
The Azipod system itself is a specialized technology where the electric drive motor is contained within a rotatable pod mounted outside the ship’s hull. These units can rotate a full 360 degrees, providing vectored thrust in any direction. For a vessel of this size, this technology delivers superior maneuverability, eliminating the need for traditional rudders and significantly reducing reliance on bow thrusters during complex docking procedures.
⚔️ HIGH-SECURITY FORTRESS:
“SOLARIS” incorporates an extraordinary array of military-grade security, surveillance and privacy protection systems that combine to create a comprehensive protective fortress while maintaining ultra-luxury standards. Let’s explore them.
🚀 Radar-Controlled Missile Detection System: “SOLARIS” features an advanced radar-controlled missile detection system designed to warn the crew of incoming airborne missile threats. The radar system continuously monitors airspace around the vessel within an extended perimeter, providing critical early warning time.
🛡️ Armor Plating & Ballistic Protection: The vessel features heavy armor plating throughout critical areas, with armored steel plates specially installed around the master suite, wheelhouse and main cabin. This comprehensive armoring integrates protective materials seamlessly behind the vessel's luxury interior and exterior finishes. The armor is engineered to withstand ballistic threats ranging from small arms fire to armor-piercing rounds, with protective standards meeting BR4+ through BR7 ballistic classification.
🔫 Bulletproof Windows: All windows throughout “SOLARIS” are equipped with bulletproof glass designed to withstand automatic weapons fire and other ballistic threats. The window frames and glazing are carefully engineered to match the ballistic protection level of the surrounding structural armor, ensuring that glass does not become a vulnerable point.
😨 Panic Room: The yacht includes a dedicated panic room equipped with independent systems for maintaining control of the vessel in emergency situations. This secure compartment provides refuge for the owner and designated personnel during crisis events, with separate life support, communication and navigational systems.
📷 Comprehensive Surveillance Camera Network: “SOLARIS” is equipped with a state-of-the-art surveillance camera system integrated throughout the vessel with networked monitoring capabilities. These cameras provide 24/7 continuous coverage of both interior and exterior spaces, with digital recording and real-time monitoring capabilities accessible from multiple control stations.
👉🏽 Biometric Fingerprint Access Control: The vessel incorporates biometric fingerprint scanner technology for personnel access control throughout critical areas of the ship. This system restricts movement between secured compartments and ensures that only authorized personnel with verified credentials can access sensitive areas.
📸 High-Intensity Infrared Laser Disruption System: One of “SOLARIS” 's most distinctive security features is its ultra-high-tech laser shielding system, which is essentially a sophisticated anti-photography system that paparazzi from capturing the vessel and guests. Using infrared sensors to detect the presence of digital cameras attempting to photograph the vessel from any distance. Emitting high-intensity infrared laser beams that target and blind the photosensitive elements (CCD sensors) of cameras🚁 Anti-Drone Systems: Emitting high-intensity infrared laser beams that target and blind the photosensitive elements (CCD sensors) of cameras. Drones are detected in a 20km perimeter range. At 500m range, the system activates electronic countermeasures: the pilot’s video feed is blocked and the drone becomes non-responsive. If that’s not enough and the drone gets closer, a high-power laster emitter is activated to damage the drone’s airframe to take it down. I can tell you I’ll never fly my drone around it!
🏴☠️ Pirate-Proof Passageways & Escape Routes: “SOLARIS” incorporates integrated pirate-proof passageways throughout the vessel's design, allowing secure, alternative routes for movement between critical areas without exposure to compromised sections of the ship.
🌊 Private Submarine Escape Vessel: The yacht includes a private submersible escape vehicle that serves as an ultimate emergency exit mechanism. This fully independent submarine allows a discrete departure from the yacht even when the surface environment is compromised.
🌊 Submarine & Diver Detection Systems: “SOLARIS” incorporates advanced sonar systems for detecting underwater threats including: Divers attempting to approach or board the vessel, submersibles operating in proximity to the yacht or any underwater obstacles and navigation hazards.
⚔️ HIGH-SECURITY FORTRESS:
“SOLARIS” incorporates an extraordinary array of military-grade security, surveillance and privacy protection systems that combine to create a comprehensive protective fortress while maintaining ultra-luxury standards. Let’s explore them.
🚀 Radar-Controlled Missile Detection System: “SOLARIS” features an advanced radar-controlled missile detection system designed to warn the crew of incoming airborne missile threats. The radar system continuously monitors airspace around the vessel within an extended perimeter, providing critical early warning time.
🛡️ Armor Plating & Ballistic Protection: The vessel features heavy armor plating throughout critical areas, with armored steel plates specially installed around the master suite, wheelhouse and main cabin. This comprehensive armoring integrates protective materials seamlessly behind the vessel's luxury interior and exterior finishes. The armor is engineered to withstand ballistic threats ranging from small arms fire to armor-piercing rounds, with protective standards meeting BR4+ through BR7 ballistic classification.
🔫 Bulletproof Windows: All windows throughout “SOLARIS” are equipped with bulletproof glass designed to withstand automatic weapons fire and other ballistic threats. The window frames and glazing are carefully engineered to match the ballistic protection level of the surrounding structural armor, ensuring that glass does not become a vulnerable point.
😨 Panic Room: The yacht includes a dedicated panic room equipped with independent systems for maintaining control of the vessel in emergency situations. This secure compartment provides refuge for the owner and designated personnel during crisis events, with separate life support, communication and navigational systems.
📷 Comprehensive Surveillance Camera Network: “SOLARIS” is equipped with a state-of-the-art surveillance camera system integrated throughout the vessel with networked monitoring capabilities. These cameras provide 24/7 continuous coverage of both interior and exterior spaces, with digital recording and real-time monitoring capabilities accessible from multiple control stations.
👉🏽 Biometric Fingerprint Access Control: The vessel incorporates biometric fingerprint scanner technology for personnel access control throughout critical areas of the ship. This system restricts movement between secured compartments and ensures that only authorized personnel with verified credentials can access sensitive areas.
📸 High-Intensity Infrared Laser Disruption System: One of “SOLARIS” 's most distinctive security features is its ultra-high-tech laser shielding system, which is essentially a sophisticated anti-photography system that paparazzi from capturing the vessel and guests. Using infrared sensors to detect the presence of digital cameras attempting to photograph the vessel from any distance. Emitting high-intensity infrared laser beams that target and blind the photosensitive elements (CCD sensors) of cameras🚁 Anti-Drone Systems: Emitting high-intensity infrared laser beams that target and blind the photosensitive elements (CCD sensors) of cameras. Drones are detected in a 20km perimeter range. At 500m range, the system activates electronic countermeasures: the pilot’s video feed is blocked and the drone becomes non-responsive. If that’s not enough and the drone gets closer, a high-power laster emitter is activated to damage the drone’s airframe to take it down. I can tell you I’ll never fly my drone around it!
🏴☠️ Pirate-Proof Passageways & Escape Routes: “SOLARIS” incorporates integrated pirate-proof passageways throughout the vessel's design, allowing secure, alternative routes for movement between critical areas without exposure to compromised sections of the ship.
🌊 Private Submarine Escape Vessel: The yacht includes a private submersible escape vehicle that serves as an ultimate emergency exit mechanism. This fully independent submarine allows a discrete departure from the yacht even when the surface environment is compromised.
🌊 Submarine & Diver Detection Systems: “SOLARIS” incorporates advanced sonar systems for detecting underwater threats including: Divers attempting to approach or board the vessel, submersibles operating in proximity to the yacht or any underwater obstacles and navigation hazards.
🧨 THE SANCTION:
“Solaris” is a key component of the extensive maritime portfolio of Roman Abramovich, frequently mentioned alongside his other massive superyacht ”Eclipse”, as one of his crowned jewels.
However, the yacht’s early years were overshadowed by rapidly escalating geopolitical tensions. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Abramovich, the long-time owner of Chelsea Football Club, was sanctioned by the United Kingdom and the European Union. These sanctions resulted in the immediate freezing of his assets and served as the catastrophic trigger that transformed the yacht’s intended use from long-term, high-profile luxury cruising into a high-stakes logistical challenge requiring immediate evasion.
The vessel was launched in 2021, meaning her period of unencumbered use was extraordinarily short (only a matter of months) before the sanctions forced her into a complex holding pattern and operational flight in early March 2022.
He didn’t even have time to enjoy his $600M megayacht.
🧨 THE SANCTION:
“Solaris” is a key component of the extensive maritime portfolio of Roman Abramovich, frequently mentioned alongside his other massive superyacht ”Eclipse”, as one of his crowned jewels.
However, the yacht’s early years were overshadowed by rapidly escalating geopolitical tensions. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Abramovich, the long-time owner of Chelsea Football Club, was sanctioned by the United Kingdom and the European Union. These sanctions resulted in the immediate freezing of his assets and served as the catastrophic trigger that transformed the yacht’s intended use from long-term, high-profile luxury cruising into a high-stakes logistical challenge requiring immediate evasion.
The vessel was launched in 2021, meaning her period of unencumbered use was extraordinarily short (only a matter of months) before the sanctions forced her into a complex holding pattern and operational flight in early March 2022.
He didn’t even have time to enjoy his $600M megayacht.
🚨 HIGH STAKES EVASION:
The $600 million megayacht had been undergoing maintenance at the Spanish yacht-maintenance firm MB92 shipyard in Barcelona, a safe harbor within the European Union, since late 2021.
The vessel abruptly left the shipyard on March 8, 2022, only days before the UK and EU officially levied sanctions against Roman Abramovich. This sudden, anticipatory departure confirms that the owner's team was executing a calculated, proactive strategy to extract the massive asset from EU jurisdiction before it could be legally seized or frozen under the impending sanctions, initiating a tense international maneuver to safety.
Following its flight from European waters, ”Solaris” successfully sought refuge by docking at Turkish ports, including Bodrum, joining Abramovich’s other megayacht ”Eclipse”. Turkey’s official refusal to impose economic sanctions on Russia created a critical, temporary safe harbor for the billionaire’s assets.
Also in 2022, As part of the international coordinated effort to neutralize the assets of sanctioned oligarchs, the Bermuda Maritime Authority began the process of moving to de-register the flag of convenience under which ”Solaris” was sailing.
She now, since 2023, sails under a Cook Island flag.
📍The last known yacht’s location (as of Aug 2025): Docked in Izmit Bay (Kosbaş Free Zone shipyard) undergoing maintenance and routine servicing.
🚨 HIGH STAKES EVASION:
The $600 million megayacht had been undergoing maintenance at the Spanish yacht-maintenance firm MB92 shipyard in Barcelona, a safe harbor within the European Union, since late 2021.
The vessel abruptly left the shipyard on March 8, 2022, only days before the UK and EU officially levied sanctions against Roman Abramovich. This sudden, anticipatory departure confirms that the owner's team was executing a calculated, proactive strategy to extract the massive asset from EU jurisdiction before it could be legally seized or frozen under the impending sanctions, initiating a tense international maneuver to safety.
Following its flight from European waters, ”Solaris” successfully sought refuge by docking at Turkish ports, including Bodrum, joining Abramovich’s other megayacht ”Eclipse”. Turkey’s official refusal to impose economic sanctions on Russia created a critical, temporary safe harbor for the billionaire’s assets.
Also in 2022, As part of the international coordinated effort to neutralize the assets of sanctioned oligarchs, the Bermuda Maritime Authority began the process of moving to de-register the flag of convenience under which ”Solaris” was sailing.
She now, since 2023, sails under a Cook Island flag.
📍The last known yacht’s location (as of Aug 2025): Docked in Izmit Bay (Kosbaş Free Zone shipyard) undergoing maintenance and routine servicing.



